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Police said they found an ad on the Pittsburgh Backpage website that said "No police or law enforcement or pimps." An undercover officer called the listed phone number and set an appointment for Sunday evening, according to the criminal complaint.

Police said the officer was told to drive to Days Inn and call the listed number again, which he did, and he was then instructed to go to Motel 6. Upon his arrival at Motel 6, he called the number again and was invited to a room where he met 20-year-old Lisa Taylor, according to the complaint.

After the officer put money on a table in the motel room and believed that Taylor was about to perform a sex act on him, he used a predetermined signal for other officers to enter the room and arrest her, according to the complaint.

Also arrested was 44-year-old Sherry Lewis. Police said Lewis walked into the room shortly after Taylor's arrest and was detained by officers, and she told them that she was working as a prostitute in the room next door, according to the complaint.

Misdemeanor charges of prostitution and criminal conspiracy were filed against Taylor, of Charleston, South Carolina, and Lewis, who has an Avalon address listed on her arrest report but told police she was homeless, according to the complaint.